Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
by true_religion on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:18PM
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Yes, the main problem with leeches in historical use was that medical theory believed disease was caused by a miasma and that drawing bad blood would cure the cause.
Today, we still use leeches but only for those cases where they can provably affect the cause.
Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
by dekhn on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:43AM
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that's not really correct. we have a narrative for why leeches work, but it's not really a "provably affect the cause" sort of thing. We just know they eat dead tissue and suppress immune responses.
Today, we still use leeches but only for those cases where they can provably affect the cause.